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SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (See Stories Below)
1.
Utility Industry Groups Push for First Responder
Status for Workers Amid COVID-19 Crisis
2.
Power Shutoff Bans Amid Pandemic May Require
Cost Recovery for Utilities
3.
Op/Ed: Electric Utilities, Conservation Groups
Unite to Seek Solutions for Columbia River Basin Dams
4.
Op/Ed: A Reliable Grid Is Needed Now More Than
Ever
5.
Oregon: Columbia River PUD on the Hunt for a New
Manager
6.
Mason PUD 1 Honored with National Award for
Safety
7.
Get Ready for More, Longer Blackouts
8.
Bankruptcy Judge Pushes Back on PG&E's Plan
to Route $4M Fine Through Fire Victim Trust
9.
Federal Government Will Re-Evaluate Northern
Spotted Owl Habitat
10.
Fish Are Biting, Customers Aren’t. Idaho
Hunting, Fishing Guides See Huge Drop in Trips
11.
Study: Warming Makes U.S. West Megadrought Worst
in Modern Age
12.
Skagit PUD Installs Third Self-Serve Water
Station
13.
More Than 100,000 Clean-Energy Workers Lost
Their Jobs in March
14.
Trump’s Energy Efficiency Rule Draws Lawsuit
from California
15.
Reduce Your Energy Consumption While Staying at
Home
16.
Groups Sue Feds Over 'Arbitrary' Threshold They
Say Will Avoid Tougher Efficiency Standards for Appliances
17.
Americans Are Losing Service Despite FCC Pledge
Not to Disconnect
18.
Charter Still Hates Broadband Competition, Asks
FCC to Help Prevent It
19.
Microsoft Takes A Not-So-Subtle Shot at Zoom’s
Security Woes with New Teams Ad
20.
Google to Start Reducing Nest Camera Quality to
Help Ease the Strain on Broadband Networks
21.
Jefferson County Carbon Study Shows Emissions
Decline 40%
22.
Former Jay Inslee 2020 Staffers Form New Group
to Promote Climate Plan to Democrats
23.
Facebook to Warn Users Who ‘Liked’ Coronavirus
Hoaxes
24.
Meet the Anthony Fauci of 1918 Washington State
25.
Far-Right Politicians Denounce Government’s
COVID-19 Response in Washington, Idaho
26.
Colton Myers Announces Campaign as Democrat for
35th District State Rep.
27.
The $1,200 Coronavirus Stimulus Checks Are
Arriving – People Are Mostly Spending Them on Food
28.
San Juan Islands Officials Ask Visitors to Stay
Away to Slow Spread of COVID-19
29.
Construction Workers Sidelined By COVID-19 Lobby
for Restart of Their Industry
30.
City of Shelton Welcomes New Public Works
Director
31.
Hired by Shelton – City of Newberg Public Works
Director Leaves Behind Legacy of Innovation
32.
Troy Jasmin Talks Online Scams on the Rise
33.
A Dry Storm is Hitting the Pacific Northwest
34.
Olympic National Park Looks for Mountaineers,
Hunters to Target Nonnative Goats
POEM OF THE DAY – IT’S NATIONAL HAIKU DAY
The humble haiku
Evocative, compact prose
Let’s sing its praises
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
1.
Utility Industry Groups Push for First Responder
Status for Workers Amid COVID-19 Crisis (Utility Dive)
2.
Power Shutoff Bans Amid Pandemic May Require
Cost Recovery for Utilities (Utility Dive)
3.
Op/Ed: Electric Utilities, Conservation Groups
Unite to Seek Solutions for Columbia River Basin Dams (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
4.
Op/Ed: A Reliable Grid Is Needed Now More Than
Ever – “If communities in Oregon were to face a major electricity blackout ...
the state would be paralyzed.” (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)
5.
Oregon: Columbia River PUD on the Hunt for a New
Manager (Pamplin Media Group, Portland, OR)
6.
Mason PUD 1 Honored with National Award for
Safety (Mason PUD 1, Potlatch, WA)
7.
Get Ready for More, Longer Blackouts (Bloomberg
News)
8.
Bankruptcy Judge Pushes Back on PG&E's Plan
to Route $4M Fine Through Fire Victim Trust (Utility Dive)
FISH & WILDLIFE
9.
Federal Government Will Re-Evaluate Northern
Spotted Owl Habitat (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
10.
Fish Are Biting, Customers Aren’t. Idaho Hunting,
Fishing Guides See Huge Drop in Trips (Idaho Statesman, Boise)
“CLEAN UP ON AISLE THREE” – WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
11.
Study: Warming Makes U.S. West Megadrought Worst
in Modern Age (Associated Press)
12.
Skagit PUD Installs Third Self-Serve Water
Station (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, WA)
RENEWABLE ENERGY & SELF STORAGE
13.
More Than 100,000 Clean-Energy Workers Lost
Their Jobs in March (Los Angeles Times, CA)
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
14.
Trump’s Energy Efficiency Rule Draws Lawsuit
from California (Bloomberg News)
15.
Reduce Your Energy Consumption While Staying at
Home (Bonneville Power Administration)
16.
Groups Sue Feds Over 'Arbitrary' Threshold They
Say Will Avoid Tougher Efficiency Standards for Appliances (Utility Dive)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
17.
Americans Are Losing Service Despite FCC Pledge
Not to Disconnect (NBC News)
18.
Charter Still Hates Broadband Competition, Asks FCC
to Help Prevent It (Ars Technica)
THE WIZARDING WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY
19.
Microsoft Takes A Not-So-Subtle Shot at Zoom’s
Security Woes with New Teams Ad (Fast Company)
20.
Google to Start Reducing Nest Camera Quality to Help
Ease the Strain on Broadband Networks (The Verge)
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
22.
Former Jay Inslee 2020 Staffers Form New Group
to Promote Climate Plan to Democrats (Huffington Post)
PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & MEDIA
23.
Facebook to Warn Users Who ‘Liked’ Coronavirus
Hoaxes (KIRO News, Seattle, WA)
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI – SEETHING STEW OF SCIENCE
24.
Meet the Anthony Fauci of 1918 Washington State
(Crosscut Seattle)
GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
25.
Far-Right Politicians Denounce Government’s COVID-19
Response in Washington, Idaho (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
26.
Colton Myers Announces Campaign as Democrat for
35th District State Rep. (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
27.
The $1,200 Coronavirus Stimulus Checks Are
Arriving – People Are Mostly Spending Them on Food (Seattle Times, WA – Paywall
Advisory)
SICKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
28.
San Juan Islands Officials Ask Visitors to Stay
Away to Slow Spread of COVID-19 (KING-TV, Seattle, WA)
29.
Construction Workers Sidelined By COVID-19 Lobby
for Restart of Their Industry (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
GENERAL NEWS
31.
Hired by Shelton – City of Newberg Public Works
Director Leaves Behind Legacy of Innovation (City of Newberg, OR)
32.
Troy Jasmin talks online scams on the rise (KMAS
Radio, Shelton, WA)
33.
A Dry Storm is Hitting the Pacific Northwest (Cliff
Mass Weather Blog)
34.
Olympic National Park Looks for Mountaineers,
Hunters to Target Nonnative Goats (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER – DIVERSIONS
Police Department Reminds Residents to Wear Pants While
Checking Mailbox
Invite a Llama or Goat to Your Next Corporate Zoom Meeting
or Video Call for Under $100
Ten Pioneer-Era Apple Types Thought Extinct Found in U.S.
West
Coronavirus: Ricky Gervais Tells Celebs to Stop 'Complaining
About Being in a Mansion with a Swimming Pool'
SONG OF THE DAY
Jackson Browne – Doctor My Eyes
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